Dead Man Walking

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 As Dwight got on his knees his eyes moved to Daryl who was standing right behind Hunter, "Look at me. Why?"

Hunter wanted to kill this guy right here and right now. He killed Denise, and he harassed Rosita. He's a Savior. But Rick has convinced him to get information out of the guy and then decided to spare him or kill him.

Dwight looks up at him, "Cause I want it stopped. I want Negan dead."

"So why don't you kill him?"

Dwight shakes his head, "Can't just be me. They're all Negan."

"That girl you murdered," Tara spoke up and Hunter moved out of her way, "She had a name. Her name was Denise, and she was a doctor. And she helped people."

"I wasn't aiming for her."

Daryl charged him again. He grabbed Dwight by the collar and shoved him against the wall and held his knife to his head. Hunter stood by as it happened, he didn't want to stop it. He didn't trust Dwight. And he never will.

"Do it. Do it," Tara coaxed Daryl.

"You wanna end it this way...you go ahead. I'm sorry. I am. I know you want to."

"He could just be here to see if you were here," Rick pointed out.

"We can't trust him," Michonne added.

"He owned me," Dwight tells them, "But not anymore. What I did, I was doing it for someone else. She just got away. So now I'm here. So are you because of her."

"Do it!"

"There's another choice."

"Daryl. Daryl, you knew her."

"Negan trusts me. We work together, we can stop him," Dwight pleads, "You knew me then, and you know me now. You know I'm not lying. I'm not."

"Do it. Do it!"

Daryl removed the blade and Rosita spoke up, "They have Sasha, if she's even alive."

"Why didn't you say something?" Jesus asks, "He could be our only chance to get her back."

"Because I don't trust him," Rosita says, "But I trust Daryl."

"Negan's coming soon," Dwight informs them, "Tomorrow. Three trucks probably. Twenty Saviors and him. I can slow them down, bring some trees down in the road, buy a little time for you guys to get ready. If you can take them out, that's where we start. You kill them, I'll radio back to the Sanctuary."

"The Sanctuary?" Rick asks.

"Where Negan lives. That's what they call it. I can radio back to them and say everything's okay. You drive the trucks back, and I can lead you right inside, and, with the right plan, we can wipe out the rest. Check to see if your friend's still alive. Then, we get the workers on our side, build our numbers up, and go from outpost to outpost and end this."

"Keep talking."

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"What are you doing?" Rosita asks as she walks into the bedroom.

Hunter continues to throw his clothes into his bag, "I was actually hoping to leave before you came up here. You know, take one out of your book."

She rolls her eyes, "Look, I did what I had to do. I didn't want to wait anymore. So I went to do something about it."

"Yeah? How'd that work out for you? Is Negan dead? Do we have our freedom?" Hunter asks, "I told you to wait. I told you not to do anything stupid and you did the complete opposite. You left and you didn't tell anyone."